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SynthesisChild psychiatry and human development2018

Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Parent Group Interventions for Primary School Children Aged 4-12 Years with Externalizing and/or Internalizing Problems.

Sarah Buchanan-Pascall, Kylie M Gray, Michael Gordon, Glenn A Melvin

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Synthesis in Child psychiatry and human development, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Group Triple P Intervention Effects on Children and Parents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  15. Longitudinal associations between authoritarian parenting and adolescent antisocial thinking, depression, and anxiety: Between- and within-person effects.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026
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  16. Co-Designing a Digital Coach-Supported Parenting Program for Internalising Problems in Autistic Children.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sarah Buchanan-PascallCentre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Kylie M GrayCentre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. kylie.gray@monash.edu.
Michael GordonCentre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Glenn A MelvinCentre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates the efficacy of parent training group interventions to treat child externalizing and/or internalizing problems. A search identified 21 randomized controlled trials of parent group interventions aimed at ameliorating child externalizing and/or internalizing problems in children aged 4-12 years. Random effects meta-analyses yielded significant pooled treatment effect size (g) estimates for child externalizing (g = -0.38) and internalizing problems (g = -0.18). Child anxiety symptoms or internalizing problems evident in children with externalizing behavior problems did not change significantly following intervention. Study quality was a statistically significant moderator of treatment response for child externalizing problems, however hours of planned parent group treatment and treatment recipient were not. Findings support the use of parent group interventions as an effective treatment for reducing externalizing problems in children aged 4-12 years. Whilst statistically significant, programs had a limited impact on internalizing symptoms, indicating a need for further investigation.

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Behavior TherapyChildChild Behavior DisordersChild, PreschoolDefense MechanismsFemaleHumansMaleParentsProblem BehaviorSchoolsTreatment OutcomeEarly interventionExternalizing disordersGroup therapyInternalizing disordersParent training

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PMID28699101

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